According to In-Stat, right now USB is at roughly 2 billion *devices* and that number is expected to reach 3 billion by 2010. USB ports on the other hand.. oh dear..
1. Can you implement it without worrying about patents? 2. Can it scale frequencies limited only by the hardware? 3. Can it scale voltages limited only by the hardware? 4. Can it perform connection multiplexing? 5. Can it go wireless, losing only the ability to supply power?
--Can I, as an individual, use it, and only it, to run my entire house, building my own appliances, and sell the thing for three million dollars without lawyers showing up at my door?
USB is horrible. Firewire is horrible. Maybe some day people will see the light.
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USB guys: "bwahaha, that's what we sell everyday!"
The man speaks the truth.
According to In-Stat, right now USB is at roughly 2 billion *devices* and that number is expected to reach 3 billion by 2010. USB ports on the other hand.. oh dear..
1. Can you implement it without worrying about patents?
2. Can it scale frequencies limited only by the hardware?
3. Can it scale voltages limited only by the hardware?
4. Can it perform connection multiplexing?
5. Can it go wireless, losing only the ability to supply power?
--Can I, as an individual, use it, and only it, to run my entire house, building my own appliances, and sell the thing for three million dollars without lawyers showing up at my door?
USB is horrible. Firewire is horrible. Maybe some day people will see the light.